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Obama’s Republic Day Visit: Transforming Stagnating India-US Ties into a Vibrant Relationship
Amb Satish Chandra, Vice Chairman, VIF

Obama's India visit was an unqualified success. It marks an important step in transforming the long stagnating India-US ties into a vibrant, multi dimensional and mutually supportive relationship. Full credit for this must go the Modi governm

January 29, 2015 International Relations and Diplomacy, US
Pakistan Loses Its Centrality in India-US Tango
Sushant Sareen

Apart from all the other seminal outcomes of the visit of the US President Barack Obama to New Delhi, the complete absence of any reference to Pakistan is quite remarkable. Although Pakistan was never really mentioned by name in any of the previous d

January 28, 2015 International Relations and Diplomacy, Neighbourhood Studies, US, Pakistan
Indo-US Relations: The Way Forward
Amb Kanwal Sibal

India’s relations with the US in the last decade have undergone a transformation. Ever since our independence, our relationship with the US has been marked by suspicion, lack of empathy and differences in world view. In recent years, many in India

January 24, 2015 International Relations and Diplomacy, US
Indo-US Relations: The Obama Visit
Amb Prabhat P Shukla

The upcoming visit of President Obama as Guest of Honour for Republic Day 2015 is an occasion for stock-taking, and for laying the foundation for a more stable and productive relationship. This will be the first time that a US President will be visit

January 23, 2015 International Relations and Diplomacy, US
Indo-US Cooperation and Perspectives on Climate Change
Dr Hishmi Jamil Husain

Climate change is an environmental problem that has various environmental, social and economic dimensions. Nations and citizens must determine how they can limit their own contributions to the negative impacts of climate change. India is one of the v

January 22, 2015 National Security and Strategic Studies, International Relations and Diplomacy, US, Climate Change
Obama’s Forthcoming Visit to India: What it means for Defence Cooperation
Dr Harinder Sekhon

Hectic preparations are underway for the forthcoming visit of US President Barack Obama to India later this month where he will be the Chief Guest at the Republic Day Parade. This visit, like Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the US in Septem

January 19, 2015 International Relations and Diplomacy, US
US Rebalance to Asia – An Assessment
Dr Harinder Sekhon

US President Barack Obama landed in Beijing on Monday for the APEC summit, the first of a series of summit and bilateral meetings with regional and world leaders. This visit comes at a time when a majority of Americans are despondent that the country

November 28, 2014 International Relations and Diplomacy, Indo-Pacific, US
India-US Ties: Opportunities and Challenges
Amb Kanwal Sibal

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the US was undoubtedly a great personal success. President Barack Obama, following the personal gestures made by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to Modi and those made by the latter to Chinese President Xi

October 14, 2014 International Relations and Diplomacy, US
India-US Relations – the Road Ahead
Dr Harinder Sekhon

The recently held Modi-Obama summit has been subjected to varied assessments both in India and the United States. Official communiqués describe the meeting as “extraordinarily successful,” one that has re-energised the strategic partnership betw

October 13, 2014 International Relations and Diplomacy, US
Progress and Challenges Related to the Indo-US Civil Nuclear Deal
Dr Vijay K. Sazawal

Introduction This paper seeks to address factors that led to the Indo-US civil nuclear deal, initial expectations, how those expectations evolved over time, policy drivers that keep the two parties from reaching a rapid closure on the issue

September 24, 2014 National Security and Strategic Studies, International Relations and Diplomacy, Nuclear and Disarmament, US, Energy Security
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